Presentation to NJEdge in November 2009 on Teaching Students About their Digital World Using Web 2.0 Technology.

1. iSMACK @ TCNJStudents Meeting And Creating Knowledge By Lynn Braender and Craig Kapp The College of New Jersey

2. SMACK Presentation

3. School of BusinessThe College of New Jersey Preparing students to be responsible citizens in a digital community.

4. Business Administration Program Create an Interesting Learning Environment

5. Business Administration Program But, how could we fit more content in a course that is already jam packed? How could we reach more students and provide them with more knowledge? How could we learn from students since they have more experience with some IT tools? How could we create a learning environment that evolved and improved with time? All BA students enroll in this class.

6. Curious About Web 2.0

8. Vision And then, have them teach us and each other.

9. Goal

11. Molding a New Culture The Digital Citizen: Topics Living in a Digital Community Internet Privacy Click Stream ExhaustPassive Digital Footprints Leaving a Digital Footprint Staying Safe Living in a Digital Community Introduce negative aspects of our emerging digital culture Digital Vigilantes and Trolls Trolling Packs Environment and on the poor Digital Ownership

12. The Community

13. Course Structure

14. Support

16. Site Considerations

17. Framework iSmack.org is implemented using the Wordpress open source blogging platform

19. Word Press Page

20. Word Press Functionality

21. Wordpress Features

22. Additional Functionality

24. Findings

25. Preliminary Findings Pre Test Average Grade = 40% Post Test Average Grade = 82%

26. Preliminary Findings Enjoyed the Website - 3.52 Enhanced Knowledge – 3.56 Influence Others – 3.62 Compare Opinions – 3.67 Feels Safer on Internet – 3.47 Change Feelings – 3.10 Participation - 2.67 Recommend Learning Environment - 3.07 Scale of 1(Low) – 5(High)

27. Comments

28. Preliminary Findings Scale of 1(Low) – 5(High)

29. Preliminary Findings Show Google Analytics

30. Google Analytics

31. Google Analytics

32. Google Analytics

33. What We Learned

34. iSmack.org Questions?